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Brownfields 101

Presented by: Gary White

Topics for Today

• Definition of a Brownfield
• Overview of Brownfield Redevelopment Process
• EPA Brownfield Grant Program
• Brownfields as an Economic Development Tool
• NJIT TAB

What is a Brownfield?

“Real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.”

• USEPA

When did this program begin?

• 1960 – Environmental Concerns Caused by Industry Plague the U.S.
• 1969 – National Environmental Policy Act
• 1970 – Clean Air Act
• 1972 – Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
• 1980 - Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liabilities

Act (CERCLA)

• 2002 – Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act

Where did they come from?

• Scars of industrial past of the 19th

Century

• Steel Production
• Abandoned Mine Lands
• Mills

What types of industries generate brownfields?

How many brownfield sites are there?

>500,000

What are the benefits to Brownfield Redevelopment?

• Location efficiency
• Existing infrastructure
• Removes actual and potential sources of land, water and

air contamination

• Beautifies urban landscapes
• Reduces urban sprawl
• Preserves greenfield land, which may be productive

farmland or environmentally significant land

• Improve public health and safety
• Job creation
• Increase community’s resilience

Redevelopment Site Preparation Environmental Remediation Access/Acquisition & Environmental Investigation Site Identification / Planning / Community Involvement

Steps in the Brownfield Redevelopment Process

Site Identification, Planning, Community Involvement

INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY

• Brownfield Inventory
• Visioning
• Assets & Needs Study

Access, Acquisition & Environmental Investigation

• Gain Site Access
• How will you acquire the

site?

• Necessary for

investigations & cleanups

Environmental Investigation

Phase I Preliminary Assessment What environmental issues could we have? Phase II Site Investigation Do we have contamination or environmental issues? Phase III Remedial Investigation What is the nature and extent of our contamination?

Environmental Remediation

Remedial Action Work Plan (RAWP)

• Actions that will be taken to address

identified contamination Implement RAWP

• Remediate
• Ensure remediation up was effective

Site Preparation

• Permits
• Approvals
• Demolition
• Site Clearing

Redevelopment

What is NJIT TAB ?

Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB)

TAB is a technical assistance program created by EPA and funded through cooperative agreements with three TAB providers.

before after

TAB providers serve as independent resources to: state, regional, county, tribal, and local government entities, and nonprofits attempting to cleanup and reclaim brownfields.

• Assistance is free of charge!

NJIT Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB)

TAB provides assistance* throughout the entire brownfields redevelopment process. Assistance is provided through…  Resource Center  Educational Forums  One-on-one Technical Assistance

NJIT Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB)

NJIT TAB Resource Center www.njit.edu/tab

 info on all aspects of assessing and cleaning up a brownfield site  news and upcoming events

Resources and Tools

 Federal and state funding sources  state brownfield programs  state and EPA contacts  previously recorded webinars  downloads of workshop and seminar presentations  PCBs brochures; GI decision tree  how-to videos NJIT TAB Hotline

973-642-4165 tab@njit.edu

NJIT Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB) All-Grantee Meetings: work with state agencies & EPA

NJIT TAB Educational Forums

Conferences: pre-conference workshops, learning labs, panel sessions, office hours Workshops: 2 to 4 hour interactive sessions on brownfield related topics Seminars: deeper dive into specific brownfield related topics Webinars: range from introducing the TAB program to specific brownfield topics Brownfield Boot Camps: 4 to 7 hour more intensive, deep dive into specific brownfield related topics

NJIT TAB Contact Information

Informal Process for assistance – just call / email /tweet us – there is no contract to sign. All assistance is free to eligible entities.

NJIT TAB Hotline 973-642-4165 http://www.njit.edu/tab/ tab@njit.edu Twitter: @NJITTAB